AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has signed four basketball to letters of intent in a recruiting class ranked 24th in the nation by ESPN. High school stars Matt Thomas and Monte Morris and junior college teammates Dustin Hogue and Richard Amardi will be eligible to play starting in 2013-14. Thomas is a 6-foot-4 guard who is considered among the best shooters in the nation. Morris is a 6-foot-1 point guard from Flint, Mich., and he and Thomas are considered consensus top-100 recruits. Hogue and Amardi play for Indian Hills Community College. Hogue will have two seasons of eligibility at Iowa State, but Amardi will have just one.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — West Des Moines Valley star Peter Jok has signed a national letter of intent to play for Iowa. Jok, a 6-foot-6 guard, averaged 10.2 points a game for Valley last season after transferring from Des Moines Roosevelt. Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery says Jok can play up to four positions and is strong 3-point shooter. Jok and Wisconsin transfer Jarrod Uthoff will be eligible to play for Iowa starting with the 2013-14 season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel says he plans to speak to his team about discipline issues that cropped up during Monday night’s loss at Pittsburgh, including an instance in which Kansas City was flagged for a group celebration. Crennel says he isn’t sure where the celebrations came from, but acknowledged that “with the record we have, they can’t afford to be dancing.” The overtime loss to Pittsburgh dropped Kansas City to 1-8.

Crennel said wide receiver Jon Baldwin will be evaluated for a head and neck injury on Wednesday. Defensive tackle Dontari Poe has a knee injury, and offensive guard Jon Asamoah has a hand injury that the Chiefs will monitor. Crennel also says he hasn’t decided on a starting quarterback for next week’s game against Cincinnati because Brady Quinn hasn’t been cleared to play following his concussion.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa isn’t giving up on Kirk Ferentz despite a third straight season of diminishing results. The Hawkeyes simply have to hope that the well-respected coach who has twice revived the program has another turnaround in him. Iowa (4-6, 2-4 Big Ten) is on course for its worst season since 2000, when it went 3-9.

The Hawkeyes have lost four games in a row and will need to beat Michigan and Nebraska to qualify for a bowl game. Ferentz says the key for the Hawkeyes is to simply focus on Saturday’s game at Michigan (7-3, 5-1).

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz says an athletics department official who resigned after being accused of sexually harassing athletes had stopped working with his players. Ferentz told reporters on Tuesday that Peter Gray worked with the football team in the past, “but it’s been awhile. A significant while.” He did not elaborate on when Gray stopped counseling his players or why that came about. Gray resigned last week after a decade at the athletics department, where he was in charge of monitoring the academic progression of all student-athletes.

An internal report released to the Iowa City Press-Citizen found that Gray violated the university’s sexual harassment policy through improper behavior that included rubbing, massaging and hugging students. UI President Sally Mason said Tuesday she’s launched a review of the matter.